The 'Pewtah'

I've spent the last few days making a start on transferring all our old VHS home movies to my hardrive using Pinnacle 12, which after editing in Windows Moviemaker, I will then burn onto discs using Nero 7. I estimate I should be finished sometime within the next six years....
Why not do it all on Pinnacle? Because I get sound but no image in the editing window. Why not just use Nero 7? Because I can only transfer audio from the VHS, hence I'm resorting to using all three. I'd prefer not to, but I'm no Bill Gates, so it'll have to do.